Opinion Digests

Where a North Carolina court had previously granted defendant-father custody of the parties’ minor child, the Oakland County Circuit Court improperly assumed jurisdiction of the child custody dispute. Plaintiff and defendant separated. Defendant moved to North Carolina. Plaintiff filed for ...

Even though service was by publication because respondent-mother’s whereabouts were unknown, the probate court had jurisdiction over respondent in this termination of parental rights proceeding. Under MCL 712A.13, service by publication is sufficient if the judge is satisfied that personal ...

Where defendant-corrections department denied plaintiff-prisoner’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for a report made by a confidential informant within the prison, the trial court properly ruled the report was exempt from disclosure. Plaintiff sought FOIA disclosure of a confidential ...

Where the court admitted evidence that defendant agreed to take a polygraph examination, this was error that requires reversal of his second-degree murder conviction. With no objection from defense counsel, the prosecutor was allowed to let the jury hear a ...